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Wall Beds in Strawberry Hill
Wall beds in Strawberry Hill: fold-down wall beds built into fitted cabinets. We make each piece in our workshop and fit it in your home.
- A hobby room with a bed for guests
- Storage built around a fold-down bed
- A proper bed instead of a sofa bed
Wall beds in Strawberry Hill
Wall beds for homes in Strawberry Hill
The cabinet is made from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood, with a spray-painted or hand-painted finish. From the front, the folded bed can look like a set of tall cupboards, so the room does not read as a bedroom by day. We make wall beds from birch ply and moisture-resistant MDF, painted by hand or sprayed, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a living room with a bed that folds away and a proper bed instead of a sofa bed.
Ceilings in homes built before 1919 are often tall, and a large share of homes around Strawberry Hill are that old. That height can be used, with fitted furniture taken up to the cornice and top cupboards for occasional things. Picture rails, skirting boards and coving are met neatly or cut around.
After the design visit, we send you a quote in writing. It sets out the design we have talked through, the materials and the finish.
- Location
- Strawberry Hill (TW1, TW11, TW2)
- Borough
- Richmond upon Thames
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- First step
- Design visit, then a quote in writing
- Where it’s made
- Workshop-made, then fitted
- Boards and paint
- Painted MDF and birch ply
- When we fit
- Monday to Friday; Saturdays by arrangement
- Get in touch
- The contact form
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Flats, conversions and leaseholders
Blocks of flats often have their own rules on lift bookings, entry systems and times for trades. Let us know about them at the measuring visit, so fitting day is planned around them.
In a flat, the route in matters as much as the room. We measure the stairs, landings, lift and doorways as well as the room, so the furniture can be made in sections that fit through.
Strawberry Hill homes and wall beds
Homes built before 1919 make up about 47% of the housing in the area around Strawberry Hill, with about 18% built between 1919 and 1939, based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. Each era brings its own kind of wall, ceiling height and floor, so it shapes the design from the first measurement. Within a mile of the centre of Strawberry Hill, 21 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. Historic England says England has around 10,000, and the controls mainly cover the outside of buildings. About 47% of homes in the neighbourhood around Strawberry Hill were built before 1919, on the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures for 2025. Older houses can have lath-and-plaster internal walls and floors that slope, both of which matter when fixing a wall bed.
Strawberry Hill House, about 0.1 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area. For a period home anywhere nearby, a bedroom chimney breast and its alcoves often shape where wall beds go. Living in a block of flats near Strawberry Hill station? Then the route in is measured along with the room itself, and the sections are sized to fit it. If your children go to Kneller Hall Senior School or a school nearby, wall beds in a child’s room can be planned so the inside layout changes as they grow.
Strawberry Hill is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 1 mile north of Twickenham. Strawberry Hill is part of the area we cover, and the process is the same everywhere we work. We list Strawberry Hill among 19 places we cover in Richmond upon Thames.
Postcode districts we cover here for wall beds: TW1, TW11 and TW2. Whether you live on a street like Tower Road, Heath Road and Clive Road or on one nearby, we can visit to measure up for wall beds. Close by, we also work in Fulwell (1 mile south-west), Eel Pie Island (1 mile north-east), Twickenham (1 mile north), Teddington (1 mile south) and Whitton (1 mile north-west). Across the rest of Richmond upon Thames, our area takes in Richmond (2 miles north-east), Richmond upon Thames (2 miles north-east), Hampton (2 miles south-west), Barnes (5 miles north-east), Kew (4 miles north-east) and Hanworth (2 miles west).
Near you in Strawberry Hill
Our area takes in the homes around Pope's Grotto pub, St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School and Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School, among other places. Strawberry Hill has its own railway station: Strawberry Hill station. Nearby you will also find Teddington Memorial Hospital (0.9 miles south) and Eel Pie Island Museum (0.8 miles north-east). Not far away are Ham Lands.
What happens on fitting day
At the end, we tidy up and lift the floor protection. Before we leave, we go over the finished piece together. How long the fitting takes depends on the design and how much storage goes around the bed, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote. Older London houses often have narrow hallways and tight turns on the stairs, so the furniture comes in sections sized for the route in. Floors and stair carpets are protected on the way in and out, and the sections are joined and scribed in the room.
- You let us know about the room.
- We come to measure and talk through the bed, the storage and the finish.
- A written quote follows.
- The cabinets are made in our workshop from moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood; a spray finish is applied there for a smooth, even surface.
- The wall bed is fitted, and any hand painting is done on site.
How to prepare
- Let us know if your street is in a controlled parking zone
- Empty the space we will be working in
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician ahead of time
Starting with a design visit
The design visit is where every quote starts. We take full measurements, see how true the walls and floors are and work through the design together. Afterwards, we send a quote in writing, so you can take your time with it. To arrange the visit, fill in our short enquiry form.
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Common questions about wall beds
Is parking a problem for fitting in Strawberry Hill?
It depends on the street, as many London boroughs run controlled parking zones. Depending on the street, a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension through the council may be needed, and suspensions often need notice. It helps to tell us about parking at the measuring visit, so we can plan the day around it.
Can you fit wall beds to the uneven walls of an older house in Strawberry Hill?
Yes, that is normal in older houses: each piece is scribed to the wall and levelled at the base. Skirting, picture rails and cornices are met neatly or cut around. Older walls can be solid brick or lath and plaster, and the fixings are chosen to suit.
Is a wall bed safe?
A secure fixing and careful use are what matter. The mechanism is fixed exactly as its maker sets out; you lower it steadily with the floor clear.
Do I need to be in when you fit?
Someone needs to let us in at the start of the day. It also helps to have someone around at the end, so we can go over the finished furniture together.
Do you make the furniture yourselves?
Each piece is built in our workshop for the room it is going into, then brought to your home and fitted. We use moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood.
How much does a wall bed cost?
Because every job is different, the cost is set out in a written quote after the visit. Size, storage and finish all affect the price. To arrange a design visit, tell us about the room on our contact form.
What affects the price in Strawberry Hill
Several things affect the price:
- How many doors and drawers there are
- Whether you choose a spray or hand-painted finish
- The overall size of the piece
- How easy it is to get the furniture into the room
Parking is part of the price picture in London. The boroughs run controlled parking zones across much of the city, so a van may need a visitor permit, a paid bay or a bay suspension. It helps to talk about parking at the measuring visit, so we can plan for it.
Helping us understand the room
Ahead of the design visit, we’ll typically ask about:
- The postcode, so we can plan the visit
- Radiators, sockets, pipes or meters on or near the wall
- Rough sizes, even if they’re only to the nearest few centimetres
- How you want to use the space
You do not need exact measurements to get started. Everything is measured properly when we visit. To arrange it, drop us a line using the contact form. The written quote follows the visit.
Is bespoke worth it?
A standard bed is simple and needs no mechanism, and that has its appeal. But if the room has other jobs to do, a wall bed lets it do them every day. Ready-made pieces are proportioned for newer homes and can look lost in an older one, while fitted furniture can follow the room’s own lines.
There’s no price list: each design is priced in writing after we’ve seen the space. A larger piece means more material and more time, so size is the starting point. Doors, drawers, internal fittings and the finish make up most of the rest.
What you get with us
- Moisture-resistant MDF and birch plywood
- A spray or hand-painted finish
- Work across the whole of London
- Edges scribed to follow your walls
See our comparison of bespoke and off-the-shelf and how to compare quotes.
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Materials and finishes
Shelves
We size each shelf for its span and load.
Bed mechanism housing
The housing has to be strong and square, so we build it with care. It is fixed into a wall or floor that can take the load.